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College Readiness Academy: Increasing equity by removing barriers to higher education

Madie Spartz, Norzin Waleag, Elizabeth Fontaine, and Merle Greene College Readiness Academy (CRA) is an innovative program model providing both academic instruction and wrap-around advising services to college-bound Adult Basic Education (ABE) students. This article explains CRA’s rationale and methods for…

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Book review of “Teaching adult English language learners: A practical introduction”

Suzanne Gilchrist McCurdy “Teaching Adult English Language Learners: A Practical Introduction,” Betsy Parrish’s long-awaited 2nd edition to her 2004 textbook. 388 pages, paperback, $39.00. Key words: English as a second language, adult education, teacher preparation, textbooks Many adult ESL…

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Take your ESL Expertise Overseas

Ann Mabbott Hamline Professor Emeritus Ann Mabbott shares how experienced ESL teachers can take the skill set they have developed here to teach abroad. Key words: English Language Specialist, teach abroad, academic language, content-based instruction Would you like to…

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“Time is like a sword—if you don’t cut it, it will cut you”: Learning in English in a Djiboutian refugee camp for an uncertain English-speaking future

Martha Bigelow In this article, Dr. Bigelow describes her first-hand experience learning about multilingual resources and educational practices found in a refugee camp in Djibouti. Dr. Bigelow reflects on the importance of educators truly understanding the pre-resettlement experience of their learners…

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Getting involved in MinneTESOL Journal

Jen Ouellette-Schramm and Jen Vanek You know that MinneTESOL Journal is a resource for academically rigorous, yet practitioner-friendly and relevant articles related to English language education in Minnesota and surrounding states. You know that you can access and share articles through…